Konparu Zenchiku (金春 禅竹; b. Shichirō Ujinobu[1] (七郎 氏信) 1405–1468,[2] 1470 or 1471) was a skilled[3] Japanese Noh actor, troupe leader, and playwright.
His plays are particularly characterized by an intricate, allusive, and subtle style inherited from Zeami Motokiyo[4] which convolved yūgen with influences from Zen Buddhism (his Zen master was Ikkyū[5]) and Kegon.
Actors should strive for unconscious performance, in which they enters the "circle of emptiness"; such a state of being is the highest level of artistic or religious achievement.
Zeami passed on his secret teachings to Zenchiku, apparently prompting Zeami's exiling; this refusal to transmit to his blood descendants also prompted a split between the Komparu school and the Kanze.
Zenchiku's grandson was Konparu Zenpō, and his descendants would continue to head the Komparu school of Noh.